Installing rear wheel

foy
foy Posts: 296
edited March 2013 in MTB workshop & tech
When you install the rear wheel into the dropouts do you put the quick release skewer through the hub shell before, or after installlation of the wheel?

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    both.

    it depends and makes no difference.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    nicklouse wrote:
    both.
    Either surely...both is difficult!

    Most standard wheel/frame combo's you leave the QR through the wheel but loose so it doesn't get in the way, works fine as long as you either have both springs or neither, one pushes the QR across and makes it a PITA!
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    I have a feeling he meant it can be both of those options, never at the same time.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    The Beginner wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    both.
    Either surely...both is difficult!

    Most standard wheel/frame combo's you leave the QR through the wheel but loose so it doesn't get in the way, works fine as long as you either have both springs or neither, one pushes the QR across and makes it a PITA!

    and many you need to remove the Acorn as it catches on the Mech hanger.

    so Like I said Both.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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